A server includes a chassis, at least a partition and at least a server unit. The chassis has an accommodating cavity and a first fixing structure. The partition has a second fixing structure and includes a plate, a pivot component and a locking component. A first space and a second space are defined in the accommodating cavity by the plate. The locking component has at least a first locking portion and a stopping portion. The pivot component is pivoted between the plate and the locking component. When the locking component moves from a first position to a second position, the first locking portion is locked to the chassis and the locking component is positioned by a structural interference between the stopping portion and the chassis. The server unit is fixed in the first space by the first fixing structure or fixed in the second space by the second fixing structure.
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1. A server comprising: a chassis having an accommodating cavity and a first fixing structure; at least one partition having a second fixing structure and comprising: a plate mounted in the accommodating cavity to define a first space and a second space in the accommodating cavity; a pivot component, with one end pivoted to the plate; and a locking component having at least one first locking portion and a stopping portion located on an end portion of an elastic arm, wherein the other end of the pivot component is pivoted to the locking component, and when the locking component sustains a force to move from a first position to a second position relative to the plate by rotation of the pivot component, the at least one first locking portion is locked to the chassis and the locking component is positioned at the second position by a structural interference between the stopping portion and the chassis by elastic deformation of the elastic arm; and at least one server unit adapted to be fixed in the first space by the first fixing structure or be fixed in the second space by the second fixing structure.
13. A partition adapted to a server, the server comprising a chassis and at least one server unit, the chassis having an accommodating cavity and a first fixing structure, the partition having a second fixing structure and comprising: a plate mounted in the accommodating cavity to define a first space and a second space in the accommodating cavity; a pivot component, with one end pivoted to the plate; and a locking component having at least one first locking portion and a stopping portion, wherein the other end of the pivot component is pivoted to the locking component on one side of the plate, at least one second locking portion locked on another side of the plate and locked to the chassis in a first direction; and when the locking component sustains a force to move from a first position to a second position relative to the plate, the first locking portion is locked to the chassis along a second direction opposite the first direction and the locking component is positioned at the second position by a structural interference between the stopping portion and the chassis, wherein the server unit is adapted to be fixed in the first space by the first fixing structure or be fixed in the second space by the second fixing structure.
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This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 102102388, filed on Jan. 22, 2013. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The invention relates to an electronic equipment and a partition thereof, and more particularly, to a server and a partition thereof.
A so-called blade server is a server integrating hardware of a server system such as processor, memory, and even hard drive into a single motherboard as server units. The blade server also allows several server units to share a chassis, a power supply or other resources with each other, thereby lowering spatial requirements of the server. Since the blade server has the above advantage of saving arrangement space, manufacturers have been attracted to invest in development of such products.
In detail, generally, a fixing structure (e.g. sliding rail) is provided in the chassis of the blade server. The fixing structure is configured to fix both a full-height server unit of a bigger size and a half-height server unit of a smaller size. However, numbers of the fixing structures in many blade servers are designed correspondingly to the full-height server unit. Thus, even if the half-height server units are disposed in the chassis to leave arrangement space remaining, it is still difficult to utilize this remaining arrangement space for disposing more half-height server units. Based on the above, how to effectively utilize the space in the chassis for arranging a larger number of half-height server units is an important issue in structural design of the blade server.
The invention provides a server. A partition of the server is adapted to be mounted in a chassis and provide a fixing structure, which allows more server units to be arranged in the chassis.
The invention provides a partition. The partition is adapted to be mounted in a chassis and provide a fixing structure, which allows more server units to be arranged in the chassis.
The server of the invention includes a chassis, at least one partition and at least one server unit. The chassis has an accommodating cavity and a first fixing structure. The partition has a second fixing structure and includes a plate, a pivot component and a locking component. The plate is mounted in the accommodating cavity to define a first space and a second space in the accommodating cavity. One end of the pivot component is pivoted to the plate. The locking component has at least one first locking portion and a stopping portion. The other end of the pivot component is pivoted to the locking component. When the locking component sustains a force to move from a first position to a second position relative to the plate, the first locking portion is locked to the chassis and the locking component is positioned at the second position by a structural interference between the stopping portion and the chassis. The server unit is adapted to be fixed in the first space by the first fixing structure or be fixed in the second space by the second fixing structure.
The partition of the invention is adapted to a server. The server includes a chassis and at least one server unit. The chassis has an accommodating cavity and a first fixing structure. The partition has a second fixing structure and includes a plate, a pivot component and a locking component. The plate is mounted in the accommodating cavity to define a first space and a second space in the accommodating cavity. One end of the pivot component is pivoted to the plate. The locking component has at least one first locking portion and a stopping portion. The other end of the pivot component is pivoted to the locking component. When the locking component sustains a force to move from a first position to a second position relative to the plate, the first locking portion is locked to the chassis and the locking component is positioned at the second position by a structural interference between the stopping portion and the chassis. The server unit is adapted to be fixed in the first space by the first fixing structure or be fixed in the second space by the second fixing structure.
In an embodiment of the invention, the locking component is disposed on one side of the plate, and another side of the plate has at least one second locking portion locked to the chassis.
In an embodiment of the invention, the second locking portion is adapted to be locked to the chassis along a first direction. When the locking component sustains a force to move from the first position to the second position relative to the plate, the first locking portion is locked to the chassis along a second direction opposite the first direction.
In an embodiment of the invention, the plate has at least one first sliding slot. The locking component has at least one first protruding post and is slidably disposed in the first sliding slot by the first protruding post.
In an embodiment of the invention, the partition is adapted to enter the accommodating cavity along a direction. An extending direction of the first sliding slot is inclined toward the direction.
In an embodiment of the invention, one end of the locking component has an elastic arm. The stopping portion is located on the elastic arm. When the locking component sustains a force to move from the first position to the second position relative to the plate, the stopping portion is adapted to form the structural interference with the chassis by elastic deformation of the elastic arm.
In an embodiment of the invention, the partition further includes a first elastic component connected between the plate and the pivot component. When the structural interference between the stopping portion and the chassis is eliminated, the locking component moves from the second position to the first position by an elastic force of the first elastic component to disengage the first locking portion from the chassis.
In an embodiment of the invention, the first fixing structure includes a first sliding rail and the second fixing structure includes a second sliding rail. The server unit is adapted to enter the first space by sliding along the first sliding rail or enter the second space by sliding along the second sliding rail.
In an embodiment of the invention, the second sliding rail includes a plurality of bumps. A part of the bumps are connected to the locking component and another part of the bumps are connected to the plate. The server unit has a sliding portion adapted to be limited between each of the bumps and the plate.
In an embodiment of the invention, the server unit has a stopping element. When the server unit is located in the first space, the server unit is prevented from moving away from the accommodating cavity by a structural interference between the stopping element and the chassis. When the server unit is located in the second space, the server unit is prevented from moving away from the accommodating cavity by a structural interference between the stopping element and the partition.
In an embodiment of the invention, the partition further includes a pushing component disposed on the plate. The server unit has a connecting mechanism connected to the stopping element. When the server unit moves into the accommodating cavity, the pushing component pushes the connecting mechanism to drive the stopping element to protrude from a side surface of the server unit.
In an embodiment of the invention, the plate has at least one second sliding slot. The pushing component has at least one second protruding post and is slidably disposed in the second sliding slot by the second protruding post.
In an embodiment of the invention, the partition further includes a second elastic component connected between the pivot component and the pushing component. When the server unit moves into the accommodating cavity, the pushing component pushes the connecting mechanism by an elastic force of the second elastic component.
Based on the above, the partition of the invention is adapted to be mounted in the accommodating cavity of the chassis and has the second fixing structure. Accordingly, the server unit may not only be fixed in the first space in the accommodating cavity by the first fixing structure of the chassis, but may also be fixed in the second space in the accommodating cavity by the second fixing structure of the partition. In this way, the arrangement space in the chassis is effectively utilized for arranging more server units. Also, variability and selectivity in number and position of the server units arranged in the chassis are enhanced. In addition, the locking component of the invention has the first locking portion and the stopping portion, and the partition has the pivot component pivoted between the plate and the locking component. Accordingly, when a user intends to assemble the partition, he/she may first place the partition in the accommodating cavity of the chassis, and then apply a force to the locking component to cause the locking component to move from the first position to the second position relative to the plate by rotation of the pivot component. At this moment, the first locking portion is locked to the chassis, and the structural interference is formed between the stopping portion and the chassis to position the locking component, thereby completing the assembly of the partition. When the user intends to detach the partition, he/she may eliminate the structural interference between the stopping portion and the chassis to reset the locking component from the second position to the first position. Accordingly, the first locking portion is disengaged from the chassis to allow the partition to be detached from the chassis. By using the above assembling and detaching methods, the user is able to assemble the partition in the chassis or detach it therefrom easily and manually. Thus convenience in use of the partition is enhanced.
To make the above features and advantages of the invention more comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with drawings are described in detail as follows.
The locking component 126 is adapted to sustain a force and resist an elastic force of the first elastic element 128 to move from a first position P1 as shown in
The server, unit is adapted to be fixed in the first space S1 by the first fixing structure 110b of the chassis 110 or be fixed in the second space S2 by the second fixing structure 120a of the partition 120. Specifically, the server units 130a and 130b in FIG. 1 are fixed in the first space S1 by the first fixing structure 110b of the chassis 110, while the server units 130c and 130d are fixed in the second space S2 by the second fixing structure 120a of the partition 120.
With the above arrangement, the server unit may not only be fixed in the first space S1 in the accommodating cavity 110a by using the first fixing structure 110b of the chassis 110, but may also be fixed in the second space S2 in the accommodating cavity 110a by using the second fixing structure 120a of the partition 120. In this way, the arrangement space in the chassis 110 is effectively utilized for arranging more server units. Also, variability and selectivity in number and position of the server units arranged in the chassis 110 are enhanced. In addition, when a user intends to assemble the partition 120, he/she may first place the partition 120 in the accommodating cavity 110a of the chassis 110, and then apply a force to the locking component 126 to cause the locking component 126 to move from the first position P1 as shown in
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In the present embodiment, one end of the locking component 126 has an elastic arm 126c, and the stopping portion 126b is located on the elastic arm 126c. When the locking component 126 sustains a force to move from the first position P1 as shown in
Manners of assembling the server unit to the first fixing structure 110b and the second fixing structure 120a are specifically described hereinafter with reference to the drawings.
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Operations of the stopping element 134 are described further below. Referring to
In summary, the partition of the invention is mounted in the accommodating cavity of the chassis and has the second fixing structure. Accordingly, the server unit may not only be fixed in the first space in the accommodating cavity by the first fixing structure of the chassis, but may also be fixed in the second space in the accommodating cavity by the second fixing structure of the partition. In this way, the arrangement space in the chassis is effectively utilized for arranging more server units. Also, variability and selectivity in number and position of the server units arranged in the chassis are enhanced. In addition, the locking component of the invention has the first locking portion and the stopping portion, and the partition has the pivot component pivoted between the plate and the locking component. Accordingly, when the user intends to assemble the partition, he/she may first place the partition in the accommodating cavity of the chassis, and then apply a force to the locking component to cause the locking component to move from the first position to the second position relative to the plate by rotation of the pivot component. At this moment, the first locking portion is locked to the chassis, and the structural interference is formed between the stopping portion and the chassis to position the locking component, thereby completing the assembly of the partition. When the user intends to detach the partition, he/she may eliminate the structural interference between the stopping portion and the chassis to reset the locking component from the second position to the first position. Accordingly, the first locking portion is disengaged from the chassis to allow the partition to be detached from the chassis. By using the above assembling and detaching methods, the user is able to assemble the partition in the chassis or detach it therefrom easily and manually. Thus convenience in use of the partition is enhanced. In addition, in cases where there is sufficient space in the chassis, more partitions may be arranged in the chassis according to requirements, thus allowing more server units to be mounted in the chassis.
Although the invention has been described with reference to the above embodiments, it will be apparent to one of the ordinary skill in the art that modifications to the described embodiments may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is defined by the attached claims not by the above detailed descriptions.
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